I think gun culture is a symptom of toxic masculinity.

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49. Im not dismissing it either

I love science, my first degree is in science. Let’s see if I can explain what I mean. I’m not very clear this morning Traditional femininity is based on a lot of fallacies, women are weak, women can’t learn, women aren’t good at math women can’t drive. Women can’t fight in the military, can’t be cops, can’t be scientists. Aggressiveness is seen as a negative, non-feminine trait, yet we still have aggressive women don’t we? As we have loving,nurturing “feminine” men and boys.

It’s true that testosterone affects aggression, just as it’s true women ride the rides of hormonal fluxes, yet does either make them masculine or feminine? It’s true that Studies have shown that drops in testosterone as men age lessons aggressiveness, yet is testosterone to blame for lethal aggression when the majority of men aren’t running around killing people?

Blah, I’m still not being as clear as I like. It’s a bigger discussion than I’m ready for this morning I think.